What We Know and Don’t Know About Long Covid

The medical establishment has a long history of ignoring patients with ‘unexplained’ symptoms. Long Covid might finally bring about a global attitude shift.

A brief guide.

Long Covid isn’t as much of a mystery as it used to be. Three years since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, the syndrome known as “long Covid” remains one of its chief mysteries.

Three years after COVID-19 hit I'm still afraid – and angry. People are still dying from the pandemic. Why is everybody moving on?

The flood of patients never materialized. Why?

"It's terrifying. I mean, I've had to dig real deep. How much longer will I feel like this? I'm scared."

For years, I repressed thinking about three things that shaped my life and my body. But the fourth blow of coronavirus pushed it all out into the open.

The causes of long Covid, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system.

When Clemson defensive end Justin Foster returned to the field following a COVID-19 diagnosis, he wasn't himself. He'd become a Covid long-hauler, and the symptoms would test his physical and mental limits. It's a struggle I can relate with.

This emergency is not about to end.